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DROPS Kid-Silk

DROPS

Kid-Silk

ball band: "lace"

75% mohair25% silk

A wonderful mix of super kid mohair and silk

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gauge

23 sts × 30 rows / 10 cm on 3.5 mm

spec

length / skein
210 m
weight / skein
25 g
needle
3.5 mm

substitutes (6)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness, then fibre character.

Tuuli

Novita60% mohair, 40% viscose

close match
gauge
23 sts (same)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
225 m / 25 g

Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.

[weight group not set]

Kid Cotton

Kremke65% mohair, 35% cotton

close match
gauge
24 sts (+1)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
210 m / 25 g

24 sts instead of 23 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm][weight group not set]

Kid Silk Nuance

Laines du NordDK70% mohair, 30% silk

close match
gauge
22 sts (-1)
needle
4 mm
skein
210 m / 25 g

22 sts instead of 23, on a 4 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Poema Mohair

Laines du NordDK70% mohair, 30% silk

close match
gauge
22 sts (-1)
needle
4 mm
skein
420 m / 50 g

22 sts instead of 23, on a 4 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Edith

NovitaDK70% mohair, 30% silk

close match
gauge
22 sts (-1)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
225 m / 25 g

22 sts instead of 23 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

held together with

pairings from real patterns, and the gauge each reaches

Gauges observed in the patterns listed.

patterns matching this yarn (36)

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Kid-Silk
weight group
not set
group source
ball band
lace
ply
2
fibres
75% mohair, 25% silk
skein
210 m / 25 g
gauge
23 sts/30 rows @ 3.5 mm
care
Hand Wash max 30°C / Dry Flat
superwash
made in
EU
price
not in the database yet

Weight group is derived from measured gauge, not the brand's label — that is why a yarn labelled "aran / worsted" can sit in our Aran group while another brand's "worsted" lands in DK. Library: 1406 yarns · 42 brands · 135 without gauge · 276/1408 gauge rows missing row count.